New OCEAN REEF Adapter Transforms Full Face Mask into Protective Mask to Battle Coronavirus Outbreak

On Monday, March 16, Ocean Reef deposited an international Patent through their Italian company Mestel Safety. The patent is for an adapter to connect Ocean Reef manufactured snorkeling masks to P3 and other types of filters transforming the snorkeling mask, into a personal protection mask.

The adapter fits onto the connection of any Ocean Reef produced mask. The filter can be of any type and brand with the 40mm threading. To reduce the exhalation effort, the user just needs to push out the exhalation cover valve of mask.

Ocean Reef already has more than 1.25 million full face snorkeling masks in the homes of customers around the world, plus good inventory through worldwide dealers and their US and Italian warehouses.

All full-face snorkeling masks produced by OCEAN REEF, including Ocean Reef Aria QR+, Aria Classic, Aria Uno, Aria JR, Original Aria, HeadSeaVuDry & Sport and TUSA Sport will accept this new adapter.

Additionally, the project is ready to be modified to work on other Full-Face Snorkeling masks brands, like Easybreath, Aqualung and many more, increasing the number of possible transformable protection equipment to 2+ million.

All Ocean Reef Aria FFSMs, which are available in 4 different sizes, including youth, can be easily cleaned and sanitized (including immersing in boiling water), while much of the protection equipment that is now very difficult to purchase is single use. Another benefit of a full-face snorkeling mask versus most disposable masks is full coverage of nose, mouth and eyes.

First 3D printed prototypes have already been tested over the past 3 weeks and full industrial production is scheduled to begin on March 31st. Initial output will be 1,000 units per day.

Ocean Reef emphasizes “We do not want to compare our masks, with the adapter or not, to any, more standard, protective equipment. We are just offering a possible solution, in a time of dire need, to physically create a barrier, with the possible addition of a filter, to contagious droplets.”

Consumer pricing for the adapter is planned to be purposely low to help current owners convert their snorkeling masks, as inexpensively as possible.